The elephant in the room

As I said after the auction - our bowling is weak. Shami is past his prime in T20. He's great in ODI and lethal in Tests , but he's just not good enough in T20. Zampa is not made for this kinda pitches. Simarjeet singh has always been hit and miss.

Harshal and Cummins cannot carry the bowling by themselves. From last year , our bowling has been the issue. This year , it seems to be the same. The LSG bowlers stuck to a certain length and position of the pitch for bowling. They did not give away any unnecessary balls , loosening balls we were giving away.

If we can't even defend 190 on pitch that seemed like it would slow down in the second innings, then we are not gonna do well in the long run ,period.

That said, we have to stand by our management, our players. Never lose hope in them. Criticise their performance, their wrongs ; but don't make them lose hope in themselves.

Only two players cannot win the trophy by themselves , the team needs to perform as a whole for that. The mindset of trying too hard and giving up too fast needs a change.

Keep the hope up, people . A long ride is waiting for us.